764 The Trials of Cidcr-malang Plant at Glastonbury. 
pressed with the inferior quality of the grasses that make up 
the herbage in a large number of these famous pastures. In 
some of them, no doubt, the most fitting grass has, by Nature's 
selection, secured a leading place, as in the case of florin ; but 
too frequently a useless grass, because rejected by the stock, has 
taken possession of the soil, as in the case of Yorkshire fog. It 
is the proper work of the cultivator to clear his pastures of such 
intruders, and to replace them by the better gi-asses. This 
operation would add immensely to the feeding capabilities of our 
pasture lands. I am happy to be able to add that the owners of 
several pastures where Yorkshire fog abounds have agreed to 
undertake experiments for the purpose of supplanting it with 
the better grasses. 
Wm. Carruthers. 
THE TRIALS OF CIDER-MAKING 
PLANT AT GLASTONBURY. 
Two prizes, of 20?. and 1 0Z. respectively, were offered in the 
Implement Department at the Plymouth Meeting for " Plant 
for Cider-making, suitable for use on a Farm," and five com- 
petitors appeared at the Show ; but the Judges, after an exami- 
nation, reported their inability to form any conclusions as to the 
relative merits of the machines exhibited without an actual trial 
with apples. No fruit being available in June, the Council 
resolved that the trials of cider-making plant should be deferred 
until autumn, and then take place in some cider-making district 
to be selected later. In the result, and upon the invitation of 
Mr. It. Neville Grenville, a Member of Council residing in the 
neighbourhood, the town of Glastonbury was settled upon, 
Mr. Neville Grenville most kindly undertaking all necessary 
preparations for the conduct of the experiments, and furnish- 
ing engine-power, from his own workshops, for driving the 
machinery. In addition, Mr. Grenville extended the hospi- 
tality of his house to the representatives of the Society, who, 
becoming his guests at Butleigh Court, have to thank him, not 
only for his admirable arrangements in regard to the trials 
themselves, but for the most agreeable hospitality which a host 
could offer or guests enjoy. 
Indeed, the whole surroundings of the cider plant trials 
were almost idyllic in character. They took place in that 
